Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elusiveness

/ɪlˈusɪvnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: elu-sive-ness
IPA: /ɪlˈusɪvnəs/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being elusive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward."

Etymology

Etymology tree English elusive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English elusiveness From elusive + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

elusivenesses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce elusiveness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪlˈusɪvnəs/.
What does elusiveness mean?: The state of being elusive.
Where does elusiveness come from?: Etymology tree English elusive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English elusiveness From elusive + -ness.

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